Vehicle-tire.



H. 0. CLARK.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1008.

954,255, Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

culoz provide a tire which is so constructed increase the tractive at the same time prevent side HORACE 0. CLARK, 0F N131?! YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed August 21, 1908. Serial No. 449,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE O. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Tire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle tires and its ob'ect is to provide a sectional tire of yielda le material, said sections being designed to be fastened to the rim in a simple and efiicient manner..

A further object of the invention is to as to force of the wheel and skidding.

Another object is to provide a tire made up of spaced-sections so positioned as to -avoid the production of vibrations when the in strips. Fig.

.of each strip,

wheel is traveling over a smooth surface.

A stillfurther object is to provide novel means for attaching the tire sections to a wheel rim.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is'shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings; Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a tire embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, a portion of the wheel being shown. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the retain- 4 is a detail view of a modifie form of retainin strip.

Referring to the igures by characters of reference, 1 designates the rim or folly of a wheel on which is mounted a tire embody: ing the present improvements. This tire consists of a series of V-shapcd retaining strips 15, each of which has longitudinally extending outwardly diverging flanges 16. Ears 17 and 18 are formed at the free ends the ears 18 being designed to be fastened to the sides of the wheel rim, while the cars 17 are designed to lap the ends of cushioning blocks 19 which are interposed between the StillPS 15. These "provided. One of these strip blocks are preferably formed of rubber or other flexible material and are shaped so as to fit snugly between the retaining strips, the flanges 16 lap ing the adjoining edge portions of the bloc rs, and thus holding said locks against dis )lacement.

Instead of utiiizing V-shaped retaining a straight retaining strip may be s has been shown in Fig. 4, the same being provided at each end with cars 13 and 14 corresponding with the cars 17 and 18 and utilized for the same purpose. When straight retaining strips are employed, the cushioning blocks must, of course, 0 correspondingly shaped.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a wheel rim, of a'tire comprising a series of angular-1y disposed blocks extending throughout the width of the rim, and retaining devices interposed between the blocks, each of said devices constituting a strip of sheet metal having longitudinal flanges disposed at inclines to the body portions of the strips and lappingthe adjoining blocks, retaining cars at the ends of the flanges and lapping the ends of the adjoining blocks, ears extending perp'endicw larly from the ends of the strips, and lapping the rim, and means engaging the last mentioned ears and rim for holding the strips upon the rim.

2. In a vehicle tire a cushion block retaining device consisting of an angular strip of sheet metal having lon itudinzil side flanges, said flaiwes being inc ined and converging toward the strip, oppositely extending cars at each end of the strip, said ears constituting cushion block retaining portions, and an car at each end of the strip for the reception of securing means, all of said ears and the strips being struck from a single piece of metal.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two'witnesses.

HORACE O. CLARK.

strips,

W'itnesses:

J NO. E. PARKER, W. J. DXLLON. 

